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    Brown Act

    Time restrictions on public comment at public meetings

    The Brown Act provides that "very agenda for regular meetings shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body."  Ca. Govt. Code Section 54954.3(a).  The Brown Act also provides that […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Threatened with expulsion for posting on public college online forum

    […] subjecting a student to disciplinary sanction solely on the basis of conduct that is speech or other communication" that, if engaged in off campus, is protected from government restriction by the First Amendment. First Amendment principles generally come into play whenever a government actor attempts to restrict speech.Whether there is an actual constitutional violation, […]

    May 18, 2015

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    CPRA

    Is a school caretakers’s security camera subject to CPRA?

    […] are two methods by which you, as a member of the public, can request and access records.  First, you can request to inspect records in person by invoking Government Code § 6253(a), which provides, "  records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency and every person […]

    September 10, 2016

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    Blog

    BART feud shows that censorship is never local

    […] never local. So, whether you live in the SF Bay Area or not, whether you ride the BART rail system or not, the recent actions of local government officials affected us all. Last Thursday, during the evening rush hour commute, BART shut down cell antennas in several of its San Francisco stations. According to […]

    August 24, 2011

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    CPRA

    911 transcripts

    […] paper and electronic documents collected, owned, or maintained by a state or local agency is a public record for the purposes of the California Public Records Act, Government Code section 6250 et seq., and is available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies.  If you have not already made […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can An Agency Provide Requested Records But Deem Them “Confidential”?

    Is it legal for a government attorney to mark a PRA response as being "Confidential"? Confidential is followed by "Note: This media is intended to be viewed by certain individuals. It may contain information that is privileged or protected from disclosure by law. If you are not the intended recipient, any action in reliance […]

    February 5, 2018

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    Advocacy Blog

    Why FAC is Urging the Biden Administration to End Assange Prosecution

    […] publisher with violating the Espionage Act, the Trump Administration opened a door that no previous White House was willing to open. The law prohibits the disclosure of government secrets and to date has been used to prosecute people who leak such secrets to the press. But is vaguely worded enough to potentially allow for […]

    February 8, 2021

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    CPRA

    No oversight when councilmembers compile emails in response to record requests

    […] Manager's office presumably has access to the Council member's electronics documents, through the City's servers. This process strikes me as a violation of the spirit of the Brown act, because it does nothing to prevent the Council member from destroying or failing to supply records, or to assist the public in discovering when this […]

    November 8, 2013